Principal Engineer

Tekskills; Chennai District; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Tekskills in Chennai, India seeks a senior backend design engineer for MCU/low-power SoC designs to own synthesis, SDC constraint development and formal verification. You will lead cross-disciplinary activities to ensure high reliability and performance.

You will drive place & route including floorplanning, CTS and timing closure, optimize for power, performance and area, and manage power distribution and multi-voltage designs.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of backend flow experience for MCU/low-power SoC designs.
• Ability to lead DFT, Physical and formal verification teams.
• Exposure to frontend and analog processes.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with frontend and analog teams.
• Experience in product support for pre and post production and RMA.

Responsibilities

• Own synthesis, SDC constraint development, and formal verification.
• Drive place & route (P&R) including floorplanning, CTS, and timing closure.
• Optimize for power, performance, and area (PPA); manage power distribution and multi-voltage design.
• Lead STA across corners/modes and support technology node migration.
• Integrate and verify SCAN/MBIST, define test specifications, and debug test coverage issues.
• Perform DFM, DRC, and ESD checks to ensure manufacturability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Frontend, Analog).
• Document design flow, participate in design reviews, and mentor junior team members.
• Product Support and RMA support

Skills

Backend flows for MCU/low-power SoC

Lead DFT teams

Frontend & Analog exposure

Product support pre/post production

Project management (Waterfall/Agile)

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• - Own synthesis, SDC constraint development, and formal verification.
• - Drive place & route (P&R) including floorplanning, CTS, and timing closure.
• - Optimize for power, performance, and area (PPA); manage power distribution and multi-voltage design.
• - Lead STA across corners/modes and support technology node migration.
• - Integrate and verify SCAN/MBIST, define test specifications, and debug test coverage issues.
• - Perform DFM, DRC, and ESD checks to ensure manufacturability.
• - Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Frontend, Analog.
• - Document design flow, participate in design reviews, and mentor junior team members.
• - Product Support and RMA support

Required Skills & Experience

• - Min 8+ years of strong experience in backend flows for MCU or low-power SoC designs.
• - Ability to lead the DFT teams, Physical and formal Verification Teams.
• - Exposure to frontend and Analog processes.
• - Ability to collaborate effectively with frontend and analog teams
• - Experience in Product Support for both Pre and Post Production Stages, Support for RMA teams.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• - Min 1+ years of Project Management (Waterfall and Agile Hybrid Methodology).
• - Continuous Improvement.
• - Knowledge of industry standards and best practices in semiconductor front-end design

Preferred candidate profile